1887.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
193 
Just Piiblisliecl. 
A NEW WORK ON APPLES. 
AMERICAN POMOLOGY. 
APPLES. 
By Doer. JOHN A. WARDER, 
rRWDENT OHIO POJiOLOOICAX. BOCIETT ; TICE-PHBSIDEST 
AHZRICAK POHOLOOICAL SOCIETY, ETC. 
403 llluMtrationM. 
To pomologlsts a work by Dr. Warder win need no 
commendation. Though a clUscn of Ohio, he is so sure 
to bo at any pomologlcal gathering, be It East or M est, 
that the whole country claims him, and If any one has a 
right to entitle bis work American Pomology it is certaln- 
l;,- Dr. Warder. The present is the first instalment of a 
work intended to corer the whole ground. In It the 
author has attempted the difficult task of bringing apples 
into something Uke order. 
This Toltrme has about 730 pages, the first 875 of which 
arc devoted to the discussion of the general subjects of 
propagation, nursery culture, selection and planting, cul¬ 
tivation of orchards, care of fruit, insects, and the like; 
the remainder is occupied with descriptions of apples. 
With the riclmess of material at hand, the trouble was to 
decide what to leave out. It will be found that while the 
old and standard varieties arc not neglected, the new and 
promising sorts, especially those of the South and M est, 
have prominence. A list of selections for different lo¬ 
calities by eminent orchardlsts is a valuable portion of 
the volume, while the AnalyUcal Index or Catalogue 
Jlaitonni, as the French would say, is the most extended 
American fruit list ever publUhed. and gives evidence of 
ft fearful amount of labor. 
This differs from any fruit book heretofore published In 
this country, in its complete classification of apples. The 
author gives the principal European systems and m«yl- 
estly puts forth his own to be tested by practlee. He di¬ 
vides apples into four classes, according to their forms. 
Each of these classes is snl>-dlvldcd by other obvious 
characters, and it would seem that any apple described In 
the book might be easily identified. We trust that this 
will prove a great help to the pomologist. 
Fruit-growers will welcome this book as a valuable and 
long-wished for addlUon to pomologlcal literature, and it 
will be found equally useftil to the novice and the experi¬ 
enced orchardist. The work has 2M Illustrations, is 
printed on good paper and well Iwund. 
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